IBA Species Data for Springbrook State Recreation and Wildlife Area

These two tables show the data collected on criteria species and species concentrations as defined by the IBA technical committee. The data comes from the original IBA data collection process, Iowa Seasonal Field Reports, and the recent Breeding Bird Atlas project (2008-2012).

Criteria Species

SpeciesDateNumberBreeding StatusComments
Bald Eagle5/2/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/17/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/17/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle10/21/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle4/8/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Red-shouldered Hawk5/20/20171  Vocal "keeyah" calls from wooded ravines on east side of park. CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk5/24/20251  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk4/21/20221  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk7/8/20081 
Broad-winged Hawk8/8/20051PO-H juvenile (1st-cycle); BWHAs may have summered or nested in the Springbrook area, although none were found there during a June IBA survey
Pileated Woodpecker12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker5/4/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker2/15/20121 
Peregrine Falcon9/26/20201 
Wood Thrush5/24/20252  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush8/2/20051PR-T
Wood Thrush8/2/20051PR-T singing, territorial bird (also found in June)
Wood Thrush6/21/20052PO-X
Wood Thrush6/21/20052PO-X singing
Cerulean Warbler5/13/20081 
Cerulean Warbler7/9/20051PR-T
Cerulean Warbler7/9/20051PR-T with Steve Dinsmore
Cerulean Warbler6/21/20052PO-X
Cerulean Warbler6/21/20052PO-X at least 2 on territory; singing in big cottonwoods near Springbrook Creek; I wonder where else this species is summering along the Raccoon River corridor

Species Concentrations

No records found
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

  • Blue Jay
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  • Turkey Vulture
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  • Barred Owl
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  • Prairie Warbler
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  • American Bittern
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  • Northern Shoveler
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  • Great Blue Heron
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  • Pine Warbler
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  • Common Gallinule
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  • House Finch
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  • Cedar Waxwing
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  • American Redstart
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  • Pine Siskin
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  • Mourning Dove
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  • Gray Partridge
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  • Eastern Kingbird
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  • Fox Sparrow
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  • Scarlet Tanager
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  • Belted Kingfisher
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  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
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  • Dickcissel
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  • Northern Pintail
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  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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  • Western Meadowlark
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  • Common Yellowthroat
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  • Broad-winged Hawk
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  • Blue-winged Teal
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  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
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  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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  • Pied-billed Grebe
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  • Indigo Bunting
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  • Least Sandpiper
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  • Eastern Bluebird
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  • Mississippi Kite
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat
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  • Eastern Towhee
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  • Tufted Titmouse
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  • Red-eyed Vireo
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  • Merlin
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  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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  • White-breasted Nuthatch
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  • Downy Woodpecker
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  • Black-billed Magpie
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  • Tree Swallow
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  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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  • American White Pelican
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  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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  • Ring-necked Pheasant
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  • Hermit Thrush
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  • Common Nighthawk
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  • Ring-billed Gull
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  • Trumpeter Swan
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  • Sora
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  • Song Sparrow
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  • Lesser Yellowlegs
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  • Winter Wren
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  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
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  • American Goldfinch
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  • Lesser Scaup
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  • Lark Sparrow
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  • Yellow Warbler
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  • Northern Cardinal
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  • Northern House Wren
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